Luggage carrier



Ju ly 3, 1923.

E. E. CONINE LUGGAGE CARRIER Filed Dec. 19. 1921 1,461 ,UUG

Patented July 3, i923.

lihllTtt STATldiii ERNEST E. CONINE, OF CORTLAND, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO THE BREWER-TITCHENER CORPORATION, OF CORTLAND, NEW' YORK, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

LUGGAGE CARRIER.

Application filed December 19, 1921. Serial No. 523,598.

T 0 aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ERNEST E. CONINE, of Cortland, in the county of Cortland, in the State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Luggage Carriers, of which the following, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to a new and improved luggage carrier, designed particularly .to be removablyclamped to the running board of an automobile, for confining luggage thereon.

The main object of the invention is to provide a rigid and eflicient carrier of variable size which can be readily collapsed and folded fiatwise upon the running board when not in use.

Other objects and advantages relate to the details of construction, form and arrange ment of the parts, all as will more fully appear from the following description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which: 7

Figure 1 is an elevation of the device.

Figure 2 is a top plan view of a running board with the device assembled therewith, and illustrating in dotted lines the flat, folded position of the device.

Figure 3 is a side View of the structure collapsed upon the running board.

Figure 4 is an illustration of the central clamp and the construction utilized in con necting the same to the extensible side wall, permitting pivotal movement about axes at right angles to each other to permit its folding in the manner described when the structure is collapsed.

As illustrated in the drawings, the structure embodies a contractile extensible side wall 1- in the form of a lazy-tong con struction, consisting of a number of pairs of levers pivoted together at the middle and hinged to one another at the end in the usual manner. The opposite end levers of this side wall are connected to clips *8 and. 4 and 5- and 6 respectively, the clips 3 and 4 being rota'tably and slidably mounted on one side of the end wall 7-, while the clips -5 and -6 are rotatably and slidably mounted upon one side of the opposite end wall --8--.

These end walls may, as shown, be formed of' metallic rods -9 and -10 respec tively bent into substantially U-shaped form, the end wall -7 having the free ends of its ll-shaped rod -9' rigidly connected to a clamping bracket lO-- em bodying the usual return bent portion -11 and clamping screw -12-. The end wall -8-- has the free ends of its U- shaped rod 10- formed with laterally offset journals -13 and 14 projected thru bearings -15- and 16- respectively formed upon the clamping bracket screw 21, such bracket being pivotally connected by bolt 22- with one end of an angle clip -23, the opposite end of which clip is pivotally mounted on the bolt 24= which forms a pivotal aXis of two of the levers of the side wall 1. This connection permits the clamping bracket 20 to be folded in the manner indicated in dotted lines in Figure 1.

This construction of device permits the entire structure to be folded flatwise on the running board, while the clip -17 is rigidly engaged with the board to hold the device in position thereon when collapsed and when opened to its operative position.

Altho T have shown and described a spe cific construction, form and arrangement of the parts as illustrative of a perhaps preferred embodiment of my invention, I do not desire to limit myself to the same, as various modifications and changes may be made in the details of form, construction and arrangement of the same without departing from the invention, as set forth in the appended claims.

I claim:

1. A luggage carrier for the running boards of automobiles and the like comprising in combination a lazy tongs, rigid end frames, means adapted for securing said end frames to the running board, connecting means at each end of the lazy tongs, said means each comprising members surrounding a member of and between the ends of its respective rigid frame, and one of said means for securing the end frames to the running board having a pivotal connection to its respective end frame to permit the latter to fold flatwise upon the running board.

2. A luggage carrier for the running boards of automobiles and the like comprising in combination a lazy tongs, rigid end frames, clips pivotally secured to the lazy tongs surrounding a member of and between the ends of said frames, means adapted for detachably securing said end frames to the running board, one of said securing means having a pivotal connection with its respective end frame to permit the latter'to fold flatwise upon the running board.

3. A luggage carrier for the running boards of automobiles and. the like comprising in combination a lazy tongs, rigid end frames, pivotal connections between the opposite ends of the lazy tongs and respective end frames to permit a relative swinging movement of these parts, means for securing the end frames to the running board, one of said securing means having a pivotal connection with its respective end frame to permit the latter to fold flatwise upon the running board.

at. A luggage carrier for the running boards of automobiles and the like comprising in combination a lazy tongs, rigid end frames pivotal connections between the opposite ends of the lazy tongs and respective end frames to permit a relative swinging movement of these parts, means for securing the end frames to the running board clips plvotally mounted on a portion of the end frames and secured to the opposite ends respectively of the lazy tongs, to permit the end frames and the lazy tongs to be folded flatwise with the lazy tong between the two ends frames, means adapted for securing the end frames to the running boarch one of said securing means having a pivotal connection with its respective end frame to permit the latter to fold flatwise upon the running board.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 14th day of December, 1921.

ERNEST E. CONINE. Witnesses F. L. TITOHENER, FAY E. DICKINSON. 

